A GILT- AND BLACK-LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKA

Description:

Japan, Edo period
H. 30 cm
Seated in vajrasana on a separate carved lotus base placed on a crouching lion, both hands showing the vitarkamudra, wearing monastic garment including a wide-sleeved mantle falling down his body and legs in concentric plates, his face displaying a serene expression with downcast eyes below arched eyebrows that run into the nose-bridge, inlaid urna at his forehead, elongated earlobes, curled hairdo continuing into the ushnisha and decorated with a bead to its front.
Old Euroepan private collection - Minor wear, fingers partly chipped